Broadcasting, unicasting, and multicasting

Broadcasting transmits a packet that will be received by every device on the network. The broadcast is limited to a broadcast domain:

Broadcast

Unicasting specifies one-to-one transmission from one point to another point in the network:

Unicast
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Multicasting specifies one-to-many where data transmission is addressed to a group or destination:

Multicast
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